Honda GL1100: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which GL1100 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 79.6% average, from 4,295 DVSA tests.

1980

highest-passing year · 82.0%

1982

lowest-passing year · 78.1%

3.9pp

spread across 5 years

Pass rate by registration year

first-time pass rate · cohorts with 50 or more tests · registration year from first use date

Highest pass rate: 1980 (82.0% of 700 tests). Lowest: 1982 (78.1% of 1,104).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (79.6%)
1980	700	82.0%	+2.4 pp
1981	962	78.4%	-1.2 pp
1982	1,104	78.1%	-1.5 pp
1983	1,101	80.0%	+0.4 pp
1984	196	81.6%	+2.0 pp

Older cohorts are survivors: the worst examples have already left the road, which tends to lift the earliest years. A first-time MOT pass is a roadworthiness check, not a full mechanical inspection.

Pass rate over time

first-time pass rate by test year · 2005–2023

Questions

Which GL1100 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Honda GL1100 falls more than two points under the model's 79.6% overall pass rate.
Which GL1100 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 1980, at 82.0% of 700 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the GL1100 pass rate vary by year?: 3.9 percentage points between the highest (1980, 82.0%) and lowest (1982, 78.1%) cohorts with at least 50 tests. Older cohorts are survivors: the worst examples have already left the road, which tends to lift the earliest years.

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